> It looks to me that if you want to have a working computer under Linux, it's worth the extra cost to avoid AMD.
I think this is a rather hasty conclusion. The popular opinion is the opposite. If you want a working computer under Linux, it's worth it to avoid NVIDIA, especially for laptops. Sure, AMD are not perfect contributors to the kernel, but they are contributing more than NVIDIA[0]. NVIDIA has made some moves recently[1], but the AMD GPUs are still better integrated. Notably since the Steam Deck had been released, the situation has been excellent.
Anecdotally, my laptop with an NVIDIA GPU has many issues that have persisted over the years with things like high idle power draw or frequent straight up crashes, or incomplete Wayland support. My 3 devices that have an AMD GPU (1 desktop, 2 laptops) however, have been working flawlessly from day 1.
I think this is a rather hasty conclusion. The popular opinion is the opposite. If you want a working computer under Linux, it's worth it to avoid NVIDIA, especially for laptops. Sure, AMD are not perfect contributors to the kernel, but they are contributing more than NVIDIA[0]. NVIDIA has made some moves recently[1], but the AMD GPUs are still better integrated. Notably since the Steam Deck had been released, the situation has been excellent.
Anecdotally, my laptop with an NVIDIA GPU has many issues that have persisted over the years with things like high idle power draw or frequent straight up crashes, or incomplete Wayland support. My 3 devices that have an AMD GPU (1 desktop, 2 laptops) however, have been working flawlessly from day 1.
[0] https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Contributions-2010s-Ker...
[1] https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules